Olympic Games

Emily Zurrer VANCOUVER. > Soccer Zurrer, a senior defender at Illinois, scored the game-winning goal against Washington and was named to Soccer Buzz's Team of the Week. A two-time All-America and the 2006 Big Ten...

Samuel Petrone GLEN ROCK, N.J. > Soccer Petrone, a sophomore forward at Seton Hall, scored eight goals in three wins—over St. Peter's (four goals), Richmond (one) and Virginia Commonwealth (three); he was the...

PIERCE EGAN, the 19th-century boxing journalist who coined the term sweet science, wrote that "drummers and boxers, to acquire excellence, must begin young." Deontay Wilder, the 6'7" U.S. heavyweight, was made to...

A staggering sum of life-changing bonuses helped spur China to the top of the gold medal count

8 Games this season in which the Red Sox' Daisuke Matsuzaka, who leads the AL in bases on balls, has walked at least five batters.